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Why Raising The Pay Wall May Be An Impossible Dream Posted: 07 May 2009 06:00 PM PDT Techmeme / PaidcontentCo Why Raising The Pay Wall May Be An Impossible Dream   —  Why Raising The Pay Wall May Be An Impossible Dream The worsening advertising climate is forcing many publishers, facing only modest online gains...

Sony Product Timeline Is a Glorious Gadget History Lesson Posted: 07 May 2009 05:52 PM PDT Gizmodo / Gizmodo Sony Product Timeline Is a Glorious Gadget History Lesson   — They have been in comma lately but, through 53 years of history , Sony has created some of the most amazing gadget in history. Some of them changed...

Google Says It's in Talks With F.T.C. On Antitrust Posted: 07 May 2009 04:00 PM PDT NYTimesTechnology / NYTimes Google Says It's in Talks With F.T.C. On Antitrust  — Google disclosed discussions with the Federal Trade Commission over ties between the boards of Google and Apple.

Why Media Companies and VC Are Being Stupid About Online Video Startups Posted: 07 May 2009 03:48 PM PDT BuzzTracker: On VC & Startups (other) / Watchmojo Why Media Companies and VC Are Being Stupid About Online Video Startups  — 60Frames shuts down, highlights two major problems with online video strategy so far.

Three Models of Value in the Real Time Web Posted: 07 May 2009 03:30 PM PDT ReadWriteWeb / ReadWriteWeb Three Models of Value in the Real Time Web  — Hey web DJ. Reach into your magic bag of search tools and pull out a big result - dripping with related ephemera born just moments ago. Those coul...

Windows 7 RC: Reality Check Edition Posted: 07 May 2009 02:47 PM PDT YahooBuzz / GigaOm Windows 7 RC: Reality Check Edition  — Yes, I know RC designates Windows 7 as a Release Candidate, but a better designation would be Reality Check. Windows 7 is an improvement over a ...

This Is How You Record a TV With a Camcorder So You're Just a Toolbag, Not a Pirate Posted: 07 May 2009 02:22 PM PDT Gizmodo / Gizmodo This Is How You Record a TV With a Camcorder So You're Just a Toolbag, Not a Pirate   — It's an instructional video from the MPAA showing how to record a TV screen for classroom use, rather than rip a DVD. I think they really mean it, ...

Magnetometer in next iPhone confirmed? Posted: 07 May 2009 02:15 PM PDT Techmeme / Boygeniusreport Magnetometer in next iPhone confirmed?   —  Magnetometer in next iPhone confirmed? We just got a couple images from one of our Apple ninjas and it appears to show a compass option in one of...

Nvidia looks to Windows 7, 'Tegra' for growth Posted: 07 May 2009 02:00 PM PDT CNETNews.com / CNETNews Nvidia looks to Windows 7, 'Tegra' for growth  — Nvidia is looking to its Tegra chip for growth and Windows 7 for new opportunities.

Wikipedia hoax points to limits of journalists' research Posted: 07 May 2009 01:30 PM PDT ArsTechnica / Arstechnica Wikipedia hoax points to limits of journalists' research  —  Wikipedia may be a fantastic resource, but any savvy Internet user is aware of its limits. Edit wars, entries made and modified ...

Amazon funds online cooking encyclopedia Foodista Posted: 07 May 2009 01:22 PM PDT VentureBeat / Venturebeat Amazon funds online cooking encyclopedia Foodista  —

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos shows off the Kindle DX Posted: 07 May 2009 01:18 PM PDT Google News: Technology / Cnet Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos shows off the Kindle DX  — HTML::Element=HASH(0xbb56050)

Women more affected by ID fraud, study finds Posted: 07 May 2009 01:15 PM PDT CNETNews.com / CNETNews Women more affected by ID fraud, study finds  — Survey finds that more women report identity fraud, but they also do more to protect themselves afterward.

MyBalloon Will Let Fanboys Blow Their iPhones, At Last Posted: 07 May 2009 01:07 PM PDT Gizmodo / Gizmodo MyBalloon Will Let Fanboys Blow Their iPhones, At Last   — Fanboys rejoice, because now there's an application that will let you "blow, touch, and play" with your iPhone: MyBalloon, an almost-perfect balloo...

Streaming Video Torrents? Check Out Bitlet Posted: 07 May 2009 01:00 PM PDT ReadWriteWeb / ReadWriteWeb Streaming Video Torrents? Check Out Bitlet  — Illegal movie and TV show downloaders, rejoice. Soon, you will no longer have to wait and hour or two to start watching your favorite obscure drame...

How Fortune, Forbes and BusinessWeek Can Save Themselves Posted: 07 May 2009 01:00 PM PDT TechCrunch / TechCrunch How Fortune, Forbes and BusinessWeek Can Save Themselves  — I'm getting shit for this post no matter what. By insinuating business magazines are better off than papers when I currently write a column for Bus...

Despite layoffs, Ballmer is doing a great job Posted: 07 May 2009 12:45 PM PDT CNETNews.com / CNETNews Despite layoffs, Ballmer is doing a great job  — Steve Ballmer is at the helm for the first ever layoff in Microsoft history. But Don Reisinger thinks that from a financial perspective, he's stil...

Dell May Be Working On Android Netbook Posted: 07 May 2009 12:33 PM PDT Google News: Technology / Informationweek Dell May Be Working On Android Netbook  — HTML::Element=HASH(0xbb1324c)

Facebook's official Windows Mobile debut (at last!) Posted: 07 May 2009 12:33 PM PDT Google News: Technology / DownloadCnet Facebook's official Windows Mobile debut (at last!)  — HTML::Element=HASH(0xbb11834)

Windows 7, One Step Further Along Posted: 07 May 2009 12:18 PM PDT Google News: Technology / GadgetwiseBlogsNytimes Windows 7, One Step Further Along  — HTML::Element=HASH(0x9ecc934)

"Ow My Balls!" for iPhone: Make Joe hurt Posted: 07 May 2009 07:44 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / NewsCnet "Ow My Balls!" for iPhone: Make Joe hurt  —  If you're a fan of dystopian humor, like in the movie "Idiocracy," this may be the game for you. Introduced Monday by Jetson Creative, Ow My Balls...

Auto Insurance Posted: 07 May 2009 07:43 PM PDT HackerNewsUpcomingNewest / Dealsforinsurancecover Auto Insurance  —

Sniper Paintball Guns Posted: 07 May 2009 07:43 PM PDT HackerNewsUpcomingNewest / Totalpaintballgear Sniper Paintball Guns  —

A Kindle in the wind: Amazon’s strategic dilemma Posted: 07 May 2009 07:43 PM PDT HackerNewsUpcomingNewest / Counternotions A Kindle in the wind: Amazon's strategic dilemma  —

VIDEO: Interview with Venture Tech Firm Founder on the State of the Startup Economy Posted: 07 May 2009 07:30 PM PDT ReadWriteWeb / ReadWriteWeb VIDEO: Interview with Venture Tech Firm Founder on the State of the Startup Economy  — In Nashville, Tennessee, Marcus Whitney, founder of venture technology firm Remarkable Wit , takes a moment to talk to us about the struggles and t...

World's media (and Wikipedia) fooled by Irishman Posted: 07 May 2009 07:30 PM PDT CNETNews.com / CNETNews World's media (and Wikipedia) fooled by Irishman  — A 22-year-old student posts a phony quote on Wikipedia purporting to be from deceased composer Maurice Jarre. He claims it was part of a sociology ...

Optimizing for Keywords that Get Clicked On Posted: 07 May 2009 07:24 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Nicolasprudhon Optimizing for Keywords that Get Clicked On  —  There's a huge difference between Keywords Demand and Keywords Action! SEO all starts with your keywords and you all know that by now, so I'm not ...

New Windows 7 "feature": bi-hourly shutdowns Posted: 07 May 2009 07:24 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Infoworld New Windows 7 "feature": bi-hourly shutdowns  —  "The software giant had previously promised that the Windows 7 RC, which is available now for free, would work until August 1, 2010. However, the ...

Sony Product Timeline Is a Glorious Gadget History Lesson Posted: 07 May 2009 07:23 PM PDT RedditTechnologyUpcoming / Gizmodo Sony Product Timeline Is a Glorious Gadget History Lesson  —

Why Raising The Pay Wall May Be An Impossible Dream Posted: 07 May 2009 07:23 PM PDT HackerNewsUpcomingNewest / Paidcontent Why Raising The Pay Wall May Be An Impossible Dream  —

Nokia N97 pre-order falls to 524.25 in the US Posted: 07 May 2009 07:07 PM PDT Engadget / Engadget Nokia N97 pre-order falls to 524.25 in the US  —  Yes, technology tends to fall in price as it ages, but is the still-unreleased N97 prematurely getting on in the years or something? Did we miss t...

A history of Klingon, the language. Posted: 07 May 2009 07:03 PM PDT HackerNewsUpcomingNewest / Slate A history of Klingon, the language.  —

The Original Lambda Papers Posted: 07 May 2009 07:03 PM PDT HackerNews / Readscheme The Original Lambda Papers   —

Oregon Man Used an Electric Dog Collar to Shock His Kids "Because He Thought It Was Funny" Posted: 07 May 2009 06:52 PM PDT Gizmodo / Gizmodo Oregon Man Used an Electric Dog Collar to Shock His Kids "Because He Thought It Was Funny"   — Salem, Oregon resident Todd Marcum, whose name we will use repeatedly because of the nature of his crime, has been arrested for maliciously abusing...

Roundup: Hulu eyes world domination, Schmidt busts antitrust talk, Nokia plots app store and more Posted: 07 May 2009 06:52 PM PDT VentureBeat / Venturebeat Roundup: Hulu eyes world domination, Schmidt busts antitrust talk, Nokia plots app store and more  — Hulu closer to going global The online video site backed by NBC Universal and Fox has signed a bevy of content deals with overseas television prod...

Browsers and the Future of Identity and Authentication Building Feedly Posted: 07 May 2009 07:28 PM PDT Twitter / BlogFeedly Browsers and the Future of Identity and Authentication Building Feedly  —

Optimizing for Keywords that Get Clicked On Posted: 07 May 2009 07:24 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Nicolasprudhon Optimizing for Keywords that Get Clicked On  —  There's a huge difference between Keywords Demand and Keywords Action! SEO all starts with your keywords and you all know that by now, so I'm not ...

New Windows 7 "feature": bi-hourly shutdowns Posted: 07 May 2009 07:24 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Infoworld New Windows 7 "feature": bi-hourly shutdowns  —  "The software giant had previously promised that the Windows 7 RC, which is available now for free, would work until August 1, 2010. However, the ...

Are Public Markets Finally Beginning to Thaw? Posted: 07 May 2009 07:08 PM PDT Twitter / BlogsWsj Are Public Markets Finally Beginning to Thaw?  —

The Original Lambda Papers Posted: 07 May 2009 07:03 PM PDT HackerNews / Readscheme The Original Lambda Papers   —

100 Awesome iTunes Feeds for Technology Junkies Posted: 07 May 2009 06:48 PM PDT MixxTechnology / Matchacollege 100 Awesome iTunes Feeds for Technology Junkies  — With these iTunes feeds, you don't have to compromise any longer on techonology. Take your tutorials, videos webisodes and radio shows with you so ...

EJW.COM SETTING THE EXAMPLE Posted: 07 May 2009 06:48 PM PDT Twitter / Ejw EJW.COM SETTING THE EXAMPLE  —

No Keyboard, No Mouse, No Need with this. Posted: 07 May 2009 06:10 PM PDT RedditGeek / Ozwe No Keyboard, No Mouse, No Need with this.  —

By keeping the clocks at altitude for a weekend we were able to detect and measure the effects of relativistic time dilation compared to atomic clocks we left at home. The amazing thing is that the experiment worked! Posted: 07 May 2009 06:10 PM PDT RedditGeek / Leapsecond By keeping the clocks at altitude for a weekend we were able to detect and measure the effects of relativistic time dilation compared to atomic clocks we left at home. The amazing thing is that the experiment worked!  —

Top 10 Bizarre Feats of Architecture Posted: 07 May 2009 06:04 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Toptenz Top 10 Bizarre Feats of Architecture  —  Since mankind begun, we've sought shelter as a place to conduct domestic and later, work life. As innovations developed, many different materials ...

Rupert Murdoch: Let's Charge for Online Content Again Posted: 07 May 2009 06:03 PM PDT HackerNews / Readwriteweb Rupert Murdoch: Let's Charge for Online Content Again  —

Ubuntu is the Linux Usability Leader Posted: 07 May 2009 05:44 PM PDT DiggTechnologyUpcoming / Linuxplanet Ubuntu is the Linux Usability Leader  —  There seem to be more arguments over usability in Linux than efforts to improve usability. Mark Shuttleworth doesn't argue, but pushes ahead. Some...

Why are Mac fanboys so dumb? Posted: 07 May 2009 05:28 PM PDT RedditTechnology / Youtube Why are Mac fanboys so dumb?  —

What would Google do about newspapers? Posted: 07 May 2009 05:28 PM PDT Twitter / NewsosaurBlogspot What would Google do about newspapers?  —

Twitter: We're Not for Sale Posted: 07 May 2009 04:48 PM PDT MixxTechnology / Pcworld Twitter: We're Not for Sale  — Company execs are focusing on the site's search features, rather than looking for a new owner. Forget all those rumors about Apple, Google, Microso...

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